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Bring the yoga mat, this arts festival salutes the sun

Bring the yoga mat, this arts festival salutes the sun

The 2026 Brisbane Festival is designed for a city of early risers, with DJ sets and yoga classes part of an arts program that starts at dawn.

Australia's Rose Byrne vying for Tony Award

Australia's Rose Byrne vying for Tony Award

Australia's Rose Byrne vying for Tony Award

Australia's Rose Byrne vying for Tony Award

Australia's Rose Byrne is vying for her first Tony Award after starring in a Broadway revival of the Noel Coward comedy of manners, Fallen Angels.

Queer arts, culture fest returns for biggest year yet

Queer arts, culture fest returns for biggest year yet

Queer arts, culture fest returns for biggest year yet

Queer arts, culture fest returns for biggest year yet

Pride Fest, a queer arts and cultural festival, returns to Oxford Street for its biggest year yet aiming to revitalise the area as winter sets in.

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Bloomshed makes it to centre stage with comedy classic

Bloomshed makes it to centre stage with comedy classic

With Mr Bennet played by a pot plant, Bloomshed theatre's first main-stage show is an adaptation of Pride and Prejudice like no other.

The years behind bars that inspired Lei's stage show

The years behind bars that inspired Lei's stage show

Detained in Beijing for more than three years, Chinese born Australian journalist Cheng Lei is making a theatre show based on her experiences.

Theatre move remains a headache for national ballet

Theatre move remains a headache for national ballet

With operating losses of $4.7 million, the impact of the Australian Ballet's move to another theatre due to renovations is being felt by the company.

Free opera draws in crowds to hear homegrown soprano

Free opera draws in crowds to hear homegrown soprano

A free performance of songs from La Traviata attracted lunchtime crowds, to hear Melbourne soprano Stacey Alleaume and Tongan-New Zealand tenor Filipe Manu.

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Has national cultural policy revived the arts scene?

Has national cultural policy revived the arts scene?

Has national cultural policy revived the arts scene?

Has national cultural policy revived the arts scene?

As arts bodies are defunded amid scandals and event cancellations, many in the sector are disgruntled with the national cultural policy.

Dance revival kicks off with Australian biennale

Dance revival kicks off with Australian biennale

Dance revival kicks off with Australian biennale

Dance revival kicks off with Australian biennale

From Polyswagg to Bollywood, an inaugural biennale of contemporary dance might help the sector get its groove back.

Discovery solves mystery of Shakespeare's London house

Discovery solves mystery of Shakespeare's London house

Discovery solves mystery of Shakespeare's London house

Discovery solves mystery of Shakespeare's London house

A newly discovered 17th-century map sheds light on playwright William Shakespeare's life in London, where he made his name and worked.

Circus Oz hangs in the balance with its latest show

Circus Oz hangs in the balance with its latest show

Circus Oz hangs in the balance with its latest show

Circus Oz hangs in the balance with its latest show

Circus Oz premieres the comedy festival show Here, There and Everywhere, with the influential company now run by volunteers determined to keep it alive.

No pants Penguin comedy show makes a triumphant return

No pants Penguin comedy show makes a triumphant return

No pants Penguin comedy show makes a triumphant return

No pants Penguin comedy show makes a triumphant return

The award-winning Classic Penguins returns to the comedy festival. Its star, Garry Starr, might need to put his pants back on - he's pitching for television.

Monumental Messa da Requiem opens Glasshouse Theatre

Monumental Messa da Requiem opens Glasshouse Theatre

Monumental Messa da Requiem opens Glasshouse Theatre

Monumental Messa da Requiem opens Glasshouse Theatre

After a life-changing experience seeing Verdi's Messa da Requiem, a Queenslander has found herself on stage for the first big production at Glasshouse Theatre.

Step on board a ship to experience the art of Dark Mofo

Step on board a ship to experience the art of Dark Mofo

Step on board a ship to experience the art of Dark Mofo

Step on board a ship to experience the art of Dark Mofo

Dark Mofo's slate features robot dogs, a burning lizard totem, and the world's most exclusive film. The 2026 festival also takes over a Spirit of Tasmania ship.

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The Phantom of the Opera is there, on Sydney Harbour

To mark 40 years since Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical The Phantom of the Opera hit the stage, Opera Australia is launching a production on Sydney Harbour.

Denise Scott thanks the comedy gods as festival returns

A comedian locked in a stairwell, and Denise Scott channelling Rage Against The Machine ... it must mean the Melbourne International Comedy Festival is back.

Tale of horror for musos as ballet uses recorded music

More than 500 musicians have called on a state ballet company to reverse its plans to use recorded music for an upcoming tour of Dracula.

Do you speak the language of Eurovision? This show can

A faux foreign film is created live on stage complete with a made-up language, in LÉ NØR. It's hoped the show's return run will mean a chance to tour overseas.

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Funding denied, theatre company to take its final bow

Without long-term funding, award-winning theatre company Slingsby is winding up after 18 years but first, it's touring a trio of new productions.

'Our Rocky': telling tale of first Aboriginal Olympian

In 1964, Frank Roberts travelled to Japan to compete in the Tokyo Olympics. Now his story is being told by his cousin in a one-woman show.

Live version of The Talented Mr Ripley kills on stage

Crime novelist Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr Ripley has inspired popular screen versions, but rarely has it been adapted for the stage.

Keeping Up Appearances star Patricia Routledge dies

Patricia Routledge, a stage and TV veteran who found fame as snob extraordinaire Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, has died at 96.

Circus hopefuls ready to flip the script on skills gap

Australian circus artists perform all over the world, but the local industry is facing a skills shortage. New qualifications hope to change that.

John Farnham comeback Whispering Jack becomes a musical

John Farnham returned to the charts in 1986 with Whispering Jack. A musical about his comeback will have its world premiere at the Sydney Theatre Company.

Culture takes centre stage in this 'incredible' musical

The retelling of a classic tale is bringing the cultural heritage of its 12-strong cast to centre stage in a celebration of love, storytelling and music.

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